Look at what I found on the Texas State Historical Association website today: February 06 1879 On this day in 1879, the first issue of the Texan, the first Czech newspaper in Texas, appeared. Though the periodical, published by E. J. Glueckman, lasted little more than a decade, it reflected the rich influence of the Czech culture…
Author: Kate Challis
What my Texas Ancestors must have thought of my Polygamous Ancestors
I apologize to all my blog readers for diverting to the subject of polygamy so often these past few posts. It has been on my mind. Today I finished reading “Saints” by Orson Scott Card and decided I wanted to discover just exactly how many of my ancestors were polygamists. To do this, I went…
Wordless Wednesday: Picture Postcard to Bedrich Michna
Origin of the House Numbering System in Czech Lands
Lukáš Svoboda wrote another excellent post on his blog that explains the true motive for numbering houses in 1770 . It is in Czech, but you can easily open it in the chrome browser, right click, and select “Translate to English.” Or copy and paste the text and dump it into google translate. In short:…
Historical Fiction: the genre of choice for the genealogist
It was bound to happen sometime this year. I forgot to post on my blog yesterday. I should have these posts scheduled in advance, and in fact that is my end goal. But it just hasn’t happened. I’ve been listening to an audio book called “Saints” by Orson Scott Card. I love it. It is…
They Came In Groups
If you are interested in Texas Czech genealogy, you should “czech” out Robert Janak’s “Janaks Texas-Czech Articles and Photos” website. It is excellent, in particular the articles section. Here was a useful post that he wrote called: “Dubina, Hostyn and Ammannsville. The Geographic Origin of Three Czech Communities in Fayette County, Texas.” Janak used tombstone…
Found this gem on pinterest
And it describes me perfectly.
Mnemonic devices for memorizing Czech Months (English)
This is mostly for my benefit but I decided to post it in case there are any other English-speaking Czech researchers out there who have a hard time remembering the Czech months of the year. Leden – led is Czech for “ice.” Led sounds like “lead”. This is kind of how my heart feels in…
England Research can help Czech Research
If my husband wants to do genealogy research, he basically needs to become an expert in Northamptonshire, England – its history, repositories, available records, etc. Mostly we are concentrating on the early 1800’s and earlier. As we have worked together to start figuring this out, it has struck me that understanding manorial laws and customs…